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    Cane toad leather for modelling.

    For anyone interested in using real leather to use in models as applicable should check out tanned cane toad leather. Quite cheap, beautiful and very thin at 0.04mm thickness and scales down nicely. It is patterned on top but the belly skin is quite smooth. Great for furnishings, rudder...
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    HMS CAPTAIN by Arthur Hawkey

    Recently bought this old book about the HMS Captain disaster in 1870. I have always been fascinated by this transitional iron and steam/sail warship touted as the most advanced warship at the time. A consequence of populist politics pushed by a talented and persuasive charismatic amateur...
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    New kit of La Renommee from CAFmodel 1/48 scale.

    Seen this on Ebay. Limited info at this stage. Not sure if POB or POF or other build but in admiralty style and will have internal upgrade and wood carvings. Looks like a very promising new high end kit from China. First session is now avaliable...
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    Japanese online seller Zootoys.

    Received this link in an email. Apparently a new English website for this Japanese seller. Lots of nice looking wooden models there. Don’t know much else about them. https://zootoyz.jp/
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    LA BELLE 1/48 scale, CAFMODEL plank on frame kit.

    This is CAFMODEL’s La Belle kit in 1/48 scale plank on frame with interior details and rigging. This was one of French explorer Rene Roberts De La Salle’s ships during his exploration of the Texas and Louisiana coast in the 17th century. The lines and proportions of this ship make it look it...
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    HMVS Cerberus ancestor of all modern warships. Free card model.

    The first all iron, big gun turreted steam powered and no sails warship ever built still exists. HMVS Cerberus the breastwork monitor completed in 1870. Named after Cerberus the guard dog of Hades. Sadly now a rusting hulk serving as a breakwater in Port Philip Bay Australia. It still sits...
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    Great cannons from Russia

    Saw these magnificent looking specimens in the French pattern by Dimitri Shevelev on Ebay. In several sizes but very expensive though. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/6-pounders-France-Metal-Blackened-46-mm-SHVL020-46-La-Belle-Poule-1-piece/122148082978?hash=item1c7097d522:g:OewAAOSwPCVX5RBP
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    La Salamandre, 1752. CAFMODEL. 1/48 scale

    Recently bought the CAFMODEL La Salamandre bomb ketch 2.0 kit from Max at ZHL. Very expensive and ambitious kit perhaps as close as a kit gets to high end scratch build aesthetics and completeness of detail. I bought this because it closely follows the outstanding ANCRE Boudroit/Berti...
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    Greetings from a new member

    Hi all, my name is Paul and I have been building wooden model ships as well as paper models since when I was very young from 1979 on an on and off basis. Early retirement due to illness has now given me a lot of spare time to start up again. Work, family and other interests had gotten in the way...
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